"All you can EAT!" A regional/state thing?

[paulam]

Originally Posted by AGDee

We used to go to Ponderosa and Old Country Buffet a lot because we could feed the kids cheap with their pricing structure. The kids only wanted the buffet. Now, they really like those two places because of a few favorite foods. We went to a few buffets on vacation because they were considerably cheaper than the sit down places. I especially like breakfast buffets because for breakfast I'd like ONE pancake or piece of french toast, plus eggs, plus some meat and maybe some hash browns, etc. I don't want a full serving of pancakes or one huge omelet.. just my breakfast preferences I guess. When I do eat at a buffet, I generally just eat a meat and a couple sides anyway, so it doesn't really matter anymore. What I found funny was that at the buffets where we went on vacation, they all had signs on them that said "Take all you want but please eat all you take"

I worked with two rather large gentlemen, both way over 6 feet tall and each weighing way over 250 pounds. A new Chinese restaurant opened near our office offering an all-you can-eat lunch buffet. My two co-workers decided to try it. After they had almost eaten their fill, the hostess arrived at their table and announced in a voice everyone in the restaurant could hear, "You bigga boys. You eat too much. You go now!" When they told us about this, the entire office staff cracked up and of course, we avoided that place from that day on. They closed soon after due to their lack of customer service.

Whenever my family goes to an all-you-can-eat buffet, we always recite the mantra, "You bigga boys. You eat too much. You go now!" We always laugh before the meal and no one around us knows why!

Paula M.
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[epchick]

Originally Posted by paulam

I worked with two rather large gentlemen, both way over 6 feet tall and each weighing way over 250 pounds. A new Chinese restaurant opened near our office offering an all-you can-eat lunch buffet. My two co-workers decided to try it. After they had almost eaten their fill, the hostess arrived at their table and announced in a voice everyone in the restaurant could hear, "You bigga boys. You eat too much. You go now!" When they told us about this, the entire office staff cracked up and of course, we avoided that place from that day on. They closed soon after due to their lack of customer service.

Whenever my family goes to an all-you-can-eat buffet, we always recite the mantra, "You bigga boys. You eat too much. You go now!" We always laugh before the meal and no one around us knows why!

That kind of customer service must be popular in Chinese Restaurants. Something similar happened to my brother (i believe) years ago.

I'm not exactly sure how the story went but it culminated in the restaurant owner yelling at my brother "you been here 4 owahs (hours)"

My mom still cracks up at it, and she constantly jokes around when we are together as a family spending a lot of time in a restaurant! lol

[OneTimeSBX]

Originally Posted by paulam

I worked with two rather large gentlemen, both way over 6 feet tall and each weighing way over 250 pounds. A new Chinese restaurant opened near our office offering an all-you can-eat lunch buffet. My two co-workers decided to try it. After they had almost eaten their fill, the hostess arrived at their table and announced in a voice everyone in the restaurant could hear, "You bigga boys. You eat too much. You go now!" When they told us about this, the entire office staff cracked up and of course, we avoided that place from that day on. They closed soon after due to their lack of customer service.

Whenever my family goes to an all-you-can-eat buffet, we always recite the mantra, "You bigga boys. You eat too much. You go now!" We always laugh before the meal and no one around us knows why!

Paula M.
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ha ha! ive seen a few people that i know got more than their money's worth...

i used to work with inner city girls when i was coming out of high school. one day after a trip to DC i took them to Golden Corral.

after i got up to pay, WHY did one of the girls break out a tupperware container??? she said she wanted to take some chicken home for dinner, and all that did was start a wave of "oh hell yeah! give me some napkins" and every girl in there left with more food than they came with.

i didnt know what went down until we got outside to the van, and it was filled with the smell of brownies and chicken lol! i explained that even though i know a lot of them were in difficult (i.e. poor) circumstances at home, that it was wrong to do that. and i never took them to a buffet again...

[AOII_LB93]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

This sounds like one of my rants when people try to say that the Olive Garden is real Italian food.

Thank you! I can't really dis the OG, as I do like their salad, and their breadsticks dunked in alfredo are good, but it's so not real Italian food.

Re Tex-Mex: My MIL moved to Texas last year and she is miserable having grown up in so Cal with Mex-Mex food. The first time she ordered an enchilada they dumped chili on it. I've also heard that their guacamole is just mashed avocados, eww. Give me real Mexican food any day.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

The first time she ordered an enchilada they dumped chili on it. I've also heard that their guacamole is just mashed avocados, eww. Give me real Mexican food any day.

Chili, as in beans & meat? eww.

You do know that guacamole is essentially mashed avocados (with a couple other ingredients)? It's not a Tex-Mex thing, it's a Mexican thing.

[paulam]

Originally Posted by epchick

Chili, as in beans & meat? eww.

You do know that guacamole is essentially mashed avocados (with a couple other ingredients)? It's not a Tex-Mex thing, it's a Mexican thing.

Real Texans never, ever put beans in their chili. Beans can be served on the side in a separate bowl, but never mixed together!

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[epchick]

Originally Posted by paulam

Real Texans never, ever put beans in their chili. Beans can be served on the side in a separate bowl, but never mixed together!

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Awesome. Thanks for saying i'm not a real Texan then.

[SWTXBelle]

Well, there are no beans in chili. I am a big fan of Sante Fe Stew, which is similar to chili - but it has beans (see the recipe thread for the actual recipe.) I'm not ready to revoke your Texan card, Eppie - but please don't tell me you put it on spaghetti a la Cincinnati-style "chili".

And I'd say guacamole has moved from strictly Mex-Mex to being a part of Tex-Mex and even Cali-Mex food. Mexican food (the truly Mexican) is, of course, the mother-cuisine of Tex-Mex, Cali-Mex, and New Mex food.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

Thank you! I can't really dis the OG, as I do like their salad, and their breadsticks dunked in alfredo are good, but it's so not real Italian food.

Re Tex-Mex: My MIL moved to Texas last year and she is miserable having grown up in so Cal with Mex-Mex food. The first time she ordered an enchilada they dumped chili on it. I've also heard that their guacamole is just mashed avocados, eww. Give me real Mexican food any day.

Cali-Mex, in my experience, uses loads of sour cream. Your MIL may have mistaken the usual Tex-Mex sauce put on enchiladas for chili - or it may have been a bad restaurant. Our guacamole is true to the ancient Aztec recipe (!) in that its main ingredient is indeed mashed avocados - no sour cream. Lime juice, onions, salt , tomato - what am I forgetting? I had guacamole made at our table at El Jarritos just this evening, but didn't pay very close attention.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I'm not ready to revoke your Texan card, Eppie - but please don't tell me you put it on spaghetti a la Cincinnati-style "chili".

I'm confused...beans in spaghetti? Ewwwwwwwww. I'll stick to meat and marinara sauce thanks very much. Do people really put beans on spaghetti?

It seems as though i'm mistaking stew and chili, but we really don't have a lot of places that make chili. The only place I can think of (at the moment) that makes chili is part of the Wendy's menu and it has beans on it.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Lime juice, onions, salt , tomato - what am I forgetting?

Nothing. That's all that goes in guacamole, and all that SHOULD go in guacamole. Anything else isn't authentic Mexican (as in Mex-Mex).

[paulam]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Cali-Tex, in my experience, uses loads of sour cream. Your MIL may have mistaken the usual Tex-Mex sauce put on enchiladas for chili - or it may have been a bad restaurant. Our guacamole is true to the ancient Aztec recipe (!) in that its main ingredient is indeed mashed avocados - no sour cream. Lime juice, onions, salt , tomato - what am I forgetting? I had guacamole made at our table at El Jarritos just this evening, but didn't pay very close attention.

Hot sauce?

Paula M.
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[SWTXBelle]

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Beef/CincinnatiChili.htm

[Lil' Hannah]

Originally Posted by epchick

That kind of customer service must be popular in Chinese Restaurants. Something similar happened to my brother (i believe) years ago.

I'm not exactly sure how the story went but it culminated in the restaurant owner yelling at my brother "you been here 4 owahs (hours)"

My mom still cracks up at it, and she constantly jokes around when we are together as a family spending a lot of time in a restaurant! lol

Funny, honeychile said it happened to her friend too.

I didn't realize John Pinette knew so many GCers!

[epchick]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Beef/CincinnatiChili.htm

Ewwww...never in any type of Hell would I put this crap on spaghetti!!

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Lil' Hannah

Funny, honeychile said it happened to her friend too.

I didn't realize John Pinette knew so many GCers!

Haha - I wonder if he's a poster too...